Supply Chain Think Tank

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” Wayne Gretzky’s infamous line has never been more applicable to procurement than in today’s environment. An environment when many supplier and buyer industries continue to...

1). The Future of Predictive Analytics Is Here Now
Over the past 10 years, advanced analytics grew exponentially to become one of the hottest topics in business technology. A look at Google Trends reveals an over 300 percent spike in searches for...

Deploying mobile handhelds within the supply chain can create multiple benefits, including cutting costs and saving staff hours. The transportation and delivery segments of the supply chain can especially benefit from mobilization by increasing efficiency...

There are a number of different functional areas that can be readily improved through the use of business intelligence (BI) tools. From logistics and distribution to sourcing, materials management, advanced planning, supplier performance and risk...

Benjamin Franklin once said “The only things certain in life are death and taxes.”
It’s safe to say that Ben didn’t ship small parcels. If he did, surely he would have added FedEx and UPS annual rate increases to his short list of life’s...